Washing-machine.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1903. P. N. ANDRESENl I WASHING MACHINE.

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PETER N. ANDRESEN, OF YORK, NEBRASKA.

"IWASHING- MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,913, dated July 7, 1903.

A .Application filed March 31, 1903. Serial No. 150,498. (No model.)

Be it known thatI, PETER N. ANDRESEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at York, in the county of York and State of Nebraska, have invented new and'useful Improvements in Washing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washing-machines, and has :for its object to provide a cylinder washing-machine which while very simple and inexpensive -in construction is adapted to expeditiously wash clothes Without injury to the The invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims, when taken in connection with the accompanying Figure l is a vertical longitudinal central section of my improved washingmachine with the lower portions of its legs broken away. Fig. 2 is a transversesection taken in the plane indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in both views of the drawings, referring to which- A is the casing of my improved machine, which is cylindrical in form and comprises a lower section a, mounted on legs l), and an upper or cover section c, connected in a hinged manner at CZ to the lower section. The lower casing-section is made up of end walls e, of wood; a bottom and side wall f, of galvanized iron, connected to the curved edges of the end walls; longitudinal wood strips g, Fig. 2, connected to the end walls outside the galvanized-iron wall and having for their purpose to support said wall, and a rectangular frame 71,0f wood, surrounding and connected to the upper edges of the walls e and having a tray i at one end for the reception of soap. The upper casing-section comprises end walls j, of wood, a top wall k, of galvanized iron, and longitudinal bars Z, of wood, connected to the end walls and top wall at the longitudinal edges of the latterA and adapted when the casing is closed to rest on the longitudinal bars of the frame h, Fig. 2.

B B, Fig. l, are water-tightjournal-boxes, of metal, secured in the end walls e of the lower casing-section C, the lower section of a rotary cylinder arranged in the casing A, andD the upper or cover section of said cylinder. The lower cylinder-section comprises end walls m, of wood, having apertures n for the circulation of water; a curvilinear wall p, of galvanized iron, connected to the curved edges of the walls m and having apertures q for the circulation of water; wood strips r, of triangle form in cross-section, connected to the inner sides of the end walls in. and designed to rub and expedite the cleansing of clothes;` wood strips s, of triangle form in cross-section, extending longitudinally be* tween the end walls m and attached to said end walls and the inner side ofthe galvanized wall p and having for their purposes to rub the clothes and strengthen said wall p; wood strips s, connected to the walls m and p at the longitudinal edges of the wall p; a rubbing-blade t, attached along one longitudinal edge to the wall p and at one end to onegend wall m and stepped from said wall m to the wall p; stub-shafts or trunnions a, xed to the end walls m and journaled in the boxes B, and a gear vn, fixed on. one of said shafts or trunnions. The upper cylinder-section is connected in a hinged manner at w to the lower section and is made up of end walls x, of wood; a curvilinear wall y, of galvanized iron; a strip r', similar to the strips r; strips s2, similar to the strips s; strips s3, similar to the strips s; and a rubbing-blade t', attached along one longitudinal edge to the wall y and at one end to one end wall af and stepped from the wall t to the Awall y. The stepped blade t is arranged diametrically opposite and at the opposite end of the cylinder to the blade t of the lower cylinder-section, as shown in Fig. l.

f In virtue of this it will be observed that when the cylinder is rotated the mass 'of clothes therein will be rubbed between the stepped edges of the two blades t t, with the result that the removal of dirt from the clothes will be materially expedited. It will alsobe observed that the arrangement of the stepped blades in opposite corners of the cylinder is advantageous, since they are enabled to thoroughly rub the clothes without materially di `minishing the capacity of the cylinder.

E is a short shaft journaled in a box on the upper edge of one end wall of the lower casing- IOC ' the medium of the crank G and gearing described, when the clothes will be rubbed by the blades z5 t and the several strips of triangle form in cross-section and expeditiously cleansed.

I have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understand-` ing of the same. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to such speciiic construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes ormodiiications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of my invention as claimed.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

l. In a washing-machine, the combination of a casing, and a rotary cylinder mounted therein, and having diametrically opposite longitudinally-disposed blades in its opposite corners; the said blades being attached at their ends to the end Walls of the cylinder, and along their longitudinal edges to the circular wall thereof, and being stepped from said end walls to the circular wall.

2. In a washing-machine, the combination of a casing, and a rotary cylinder mounted in the casinggfand comprising a lower section having interior strips of triangle form in crosssection, and a longitudinally-disposed blade t; said blade being attached at one end to one end Wall of the cylinder-section, and along one longitudinal edge to the circular wall of the section, and being stepped from said end wall to the circular Wall, and an upper sec tion, hinged to the lower section, and having interior strips of triangle form in cross-section, and the stepped blade t', arranged opposite the blade t; said blade t being attached at one end to one end Wall of the upper section, and along one longitudinal edge to the circular wall of said section, and being stepped from said end wall to said circular Wall.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER N. ANDRESEN.

Witnesses:

WARREN F. EcKLEs, WM. B. HoUsToN. 

